impracticable

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ɪmˈpɹaktɪkəb(ə)l/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. an unmanageable person obsolete
    — They were not allowed, of course, to join us in the sitting room, partly that their practice might not be disturbed, but principally, that I was looked upon as an utter impracticable.
形容词 adj.
  1. Not practicable; impossible or difficult in practice.
    — It has not been used for many years, and although it was impracticable to photograph the engine in the small confines of the shed it was possible to obtain a picture of the plate which it still carries showing the former ownership.
  2. impassable (of a passage or road)
  3. unmanageable obsolete
    — And yet this tough impracticable heart / Is govern'd by a dainty-finger'd girl ; […]

词形变化

more impracticable comparative most impracticable superlative impracticables plural

词汇关系

衍生词
impracticability impracticableness impracticably

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *né
Proto-Indo-European *n̥-
Proto-Italic *n̥-
Latin in-bor.
Middle English in-
English im-
English practicable
English impracticable
From im- + practicable.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *né
Proto-Indo-European *n̥-
Proto-Italic *n̥-
Latin in-bor.
Middle English in-
English im-
English practicable
English impracticable
From im- + practicable.
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